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1 Perhaps they played at ball , perhaps at blind-man's-buff, perhaps at leap-frog, perhaps at prison-bars.
2 John then went to school, where he said his lesson; when school was done, he played at ball till dinner-time.
3 After the lesson I took the young Prince into Madame Elisabeth's room, where we played at ball , and battledore and shuttlecock.
4 Then Cléry took Louis to his aunt's room, where they played at ball , and battledore and shuttlecock, till Louis's supper-time, at eight o'clock.
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